Select the incorrect statement from the following.

  • A
    The competitively superior barnacle Balanus dominates the intertidal area and excludes the smaller barnacle Chathamalus from that zone.
  • B
    Herbivores and plants appear to be more adversely affected by competition than carnivores.
  • C
    In the Galapagos Islands,Abingdon tortoises became extinct within a decade after goats were introduced there.
  • D
    Competition is a process in which the fitness of one species is significantly lower in the presence of another species.

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